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In reply to the discussion: Director Mueller: Flt. 77 Hijackers were, in Fact, Under NSA Surveillance [View all]librechik
(30,674 posts)7. thank you--there are many undercurrents and cross plots going on
almost impossible to tell what is really going on in all the confusion. (I think it's purposeful)
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Director Mueller: Flt. 77 Hijackers were, in Fact, Under NSA Surveillance [View all]
leveymg
Jun 2013
OP
If only we could have had a database of 480 trillion phone calls, we would have swooped in
BlueStreak
Jun 2013
#28
Not entirely. Bush gota daily briefing memo 36 days prior to 9/11/01, famously headlined:
KurtNYC
Jun 2013
#13
I'm giving them a big mulligan on 9/11. What they did in Boston bombing was not acceptable.
JackN415
Jun 2013
#15
This is the way it was explained to me by someone who knows when I asked exactly the same
leveymg
Jun 2013
#29
Absolutely. 9/11 was cultivated in overclassification and overcompartmentalization
leveymg
Jun 2013
#31
Yep. They can't handle the data they already have. They don't need more. n/t
DirkGently
Jun 2013
#19
"The Wall" is a convenient scapegoat and was never as high as some wanted the public to believe
leveymg
Jun 2013
#33
Screw the NSA flap why the fuck has this been ignored and downplayed since GWB and Cheney?
Lint Head
Jun 2013
#34